It was a night of action at TA4. After the flurry of activity around Nike's arrival and hasty departure - the TV cameraman loved the footage - said you could cut the tension in the air with a knife - there was more to come later in the morning.
Rumours were flying at the end of the kayak, that Orion had 'lost' a team member last night. My unofficial version of the rumour is thus...
After their sleep out of the transition, Orion headed out on the 12km trek to the top of the river, and somewhere en-route, when they were with one or more other teams, people split to walk either side of a building. Another team was walking behind Orion, and Stu, Brent and Anna didn't realise for a time that Wayne was no longer with them.
When they realised that Wayne was missing, and searching was unsuccessful, they pulled out their emergency phone and reported that they'd misplaced him. Sometime in the next couple of hours, Nuun came across Wayne in the bush, and led him to the top of the kayak where he was reunited with the team.
We're not sure whether this will incur a penalty, and what form it will take. Will probably depend on how loudly Nike protest.
Nike arrived at the end of the river about 10 minutes ahead of Orion. Both of them had only got the easy CPs on the leg. Nike were freezing and having trouble sorting their gear to take on the next leg. Brent and Anna looked chirpy, Stuart and Wayne a bit groggy. Best comment was from Stu when Karyn informed him that there would likely be a gear check on the next leg and they should double-check they had all their compulsory gear ... Stu replied 'it's ok, we've got Wayne now'.
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